Word: legalism
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...IMMIGRATION 304,000 Number of immigrant criminals currently in U.S. jails who are eligible for deportation. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials estimate that figure could rise as high as 455,000 in coming years 21.8 million Estimated number of non-naturalized immigrants, both legal and illegal, currently living in the U.S. Immigrants make up roughly 7% of the country's population...
...were recently in Reno, Nev., filming your new movie, Love Ranch. What's your view on brothels? -Audrey Majore, New York CityI think legal prostitution is the way to go, given the awful, horrendous traffic in women and the danger of girls being out on the street, so vulnerable to pimps and johns. In a legal brothel, they're licensed, they're protected, and the johns are protected because they know the girls have to be medically checked every week...
...Safaricom, told the Daily Nation, "I hope they do not detract potential investors from investing in a very strong company with strong growth prospects." Joseph said that confidentiality agreements prevent him from revealing the names of the owners of Mobitelea but that the IPO is fully legal...
...March 22 election by a 17 percent margin. His party, considered more favorable to a rapprochement with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) than the rival Democratic Progressive Party, will face challenges in reestablishing relations with the Mainland. HLS professor and Director of East Asian Legal Studies William P. Alford, who met Ma when the two were students at the Law School some 30 years ago, recognized the historical nature of the president-elect’s mandate. “This particular person in this particular point in history is very exciting in determining what...
...attached, but it also flows essentially from taxpayers; this makes Harvard theoretically more responsible to the public than if its funding were completely private. Harvard does not even exert control over the majority of its endowment: 85 percent of these funds are restricted, meaning that they are subject to legal and donor-imposed stipulations that prevent their unconditional use. Since every donation is inherently tied to the wishes of its donor, Harvard, as an academic institution, holds explicit sway over only a marginal percentage of its own wealth...